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From NOVA PBS Official. Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate. Official website: https://to.pbs.org/4a7ftaM | #novapbs Imagine a world where your furry best friend could tell you exactly what they’re thinking. A growing number of dog owners claim this is already happening, thanks to innovative word buttons that seem to…
From NOVA PBS Official. Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate. Official website: https://to.pbs.org/4a7ftaM | #novapbs Imagine a world where your furry best friend could tell you exactly what they’re thinking. A growing number of dog owners claim this is already happening, thanks to innovative word buttons that seem to…
From NOVA PBS Official. What studying the surface of the Moon revealed about Earth’s apocalyptic youth. Four and a half billion years ago, Earth was battered by relentless asteroid impacts powerful enough to vaporize oceans and melt its crust. Despite the chaos, life emerged anyway. 📺 Watch the full episode, "Asteroids: Spark of Life?" https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/asteroids-spark-of-life/…
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From NOVA PBS Official. 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA’s newsletter here: https://to.pbs.org/4brCC7Y ▶️ Stream NOVA documentaries & more with PBS Documentaries on Prime Video: https://amzn.to/4hXBlsu 🛍️ Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA…
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From NOVA PBS Official. New evidence sheds light on the remarkable life – and mysterious collapse – of the ancient jungle city. Official website: https://to.pbs.org/4bfXd12 | #novapbs Uncover the lost secrets of a once-mighty empire. The city of Angkor, the seat of the great Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia for 500 years, was once the…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Ice is actually pretty complex. In fact, physicists have spent more than a decade trying to understand why it’s so slippery. Hosted by Athena Brensberger @astroathens 💫 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA’s newsletter here: https://to.pbs.org/4brCC7Y…
From NOVA PBS Official. 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA’s newsletter here: https://to.pbs.org/4brCC7Y ▶️ Stream NOVA documentaries & more with PBS Documentaries on Prime Video: https://amzn.to/4hXBlsu 🛍️ Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA…
From NOVA PBS Official. Nature has been solving problems for billions of years. Evolutionary Biologist Sean B. Carroll reveals why scientists still turn to evolution’s inventions for life-saving breakthroughs. 🎙️ Watch the full podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Ni3FWOMC0 Sean B. Carroll is a renowned evolutionary biologist and author whose work has inspired a deeper public understanding of evolution…
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From NOVA PBS Official. What if violent asteroid impacts actually jump-started life on Earth? Explore a dramatic theory. Official website: https://to.pbs.org/4r8sVC5 | #novapbs Imagine a time when Earth was a molten, volcanic wasteland, heavily bombarded by colossal asteroids. We’ve long feared these cosmic impacts as destroyers of life, but what if they were the key…
From NOVA PBS Official. 🎙️ COMING SOON to this channel and your favorite podcast platforms: Amazon Music: https://bit.ly/4sG3UQ6 Spotify: https://bit.ly/4sQcWtO Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3ZrRMER Science’s most astonishing breakthroughs, from whale evolution and thawing permafrost to black holes and quantum entanglement, to the hidden chambers of the Great Pyramid. NOVA Remix transforms decades of award-winning storytelling into…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Originally published in 2014. Tonsil stones are pretty common — you might not even know you have them. 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA’s newsletter here: https://to.pbs.org/4brCC7Y ▶️ Stream NOVA documentaries & more with PBS Documentaries…
From NOVA PBS Official. This ancient skeleton may look like a child’s … but it’s not. Homo floresiensis, nicknamed “hobbits,” lived on the Indonesian island of Flores and likely went extinct around 50,000 years ago. They were one of the last non-modern human species, representing a unique branch of our evolutionary family tree. 📺 Watch…
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From NOVA PBS Official. LIVE from the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica 🇦🇶 The "Doomsday Glacier" is melting faster than almost any other glacier on Earth. Award-winning science correspondent Miles O’Brien is giving us a rare, live look from the edge of the world with a team of scientists.
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From NOVA PBS Official. Restoring Notre Dame wasn’t just about stone and stained glass. After a 2019 fire destroyed much of the Notre Dame cathedral, the acoustics could have been dramatically changed, if not for a team of experts dedicated to restoring the legendary sound of this ancient cathedral. 📰 Stay up to date on…
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From NOVA PBS Official. The universe isn’t adding up—and it’s creating a crisis in cosmology. Nobel Prize winner Adam Riess explains why measurements of the universe’s expansion rate from its earliest light and from nearby galaxies don’t match, and how this growing gap threatens the foundations of our standard model of the cosmos. 🎙️ Watch…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Discovering dark energy wasn’t just thrilling—it was terrifying. Nobel Prize Winner Adam Riess explains the nerve-wracking process behind confirming that the universe’s expansion is accelerating and why Einstein’s so-called “biggest blunder” turned out to be anything but. 🎙️ Watch the full podcast: https://youtu.be/0-gEJoSa1Kg?si=ZcHDpXdis0Tfn76e Adam Riess is an astrophysicist, professor at Johns…
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From NOVA PBS Official. What happens when your data rewrites the laws of physics? Adam Riess takes us inside the discovery of dark energy. What does it feel like to make one of the biggest discoveries in physics? Adam Riess knows — because his work revealed that the universe isn’t just expanding, it’s accelerating. In…
From NOVA PBS Official. It became the basis for most written languages, beginning 4,000 years ago in the Sinai desert. 📺 Watch the full episode, Human: Building Empires: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/human-building-empires/ 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA’s newsletter here: https://to.pbs.org/4brCC7Y ▶️ Stream…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Fame can hijack the brain like a drug—activating the same reward circuits that fuel a relentless chase for dopamine highs. Neuroscientist Heather Berlin reveals the antidote—and why even social media fame can trigger this cycle. 🎙️ Watch the full podcast: https://youtu.be/PCAvPGtNPKo Heather Berlin is a neuroscientist, clinical psychologist, and associate clinical…
From NOVA PBS Official. Speech is rare in the animal kingdom because it requires a very specific brain architecture. Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis explains how duplicating neural pathways for movement unlocked language, dancing, and even advanced problem-solving in more than just humans. Erich Jarvis is a neuroscientist investigating the mysteries of speech and vocal learning through…
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From NOVA PBS Official. From legs on heads to missing eyes, fruit fly mutations exposed the genetic toolkit that builds all animals. Evolutionary Biologist Sean B. Carroll shows how these discoveries rewrote our understanding of evolution. 🎙️ Watch the full podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Ni3FWOMC0 Sean B. Carroll is a renowned evolutionary biologist and author whose work has…
From NOVA PBS Official. A small piece of insulation caused catastrophic damage. During the construction of the International Space Station, tragedy struck the Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew. 📺 Watch the full documentary: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/operation-space-station-high-risk-build/ 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up…
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From NOVA PBS Official. From snakes to jellyfish, venom is one of evolution’s most lethal inventions. Evolutionary Biologist Sean B. Carroll reveals how this deadly innovation emerged—and the new science behind antivenom inspired by nature’s own defenses. 🎙️ Watch the full podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Ni3FWOMC0 Sean B. Carroll is a renowned evolutionary biologist and author whose work…
From NOVA PBS Official. They’re older than King Tut, Ötzi the Iceman, and even the ones found in the Atacama Desert. They might have been alive at the same time as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Across southeastern Asia, researchers have identified dozens of mummies that are between 4,000 and 11,00 years old. After scanning…
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